Voici les temps des assassins

Death is a flamboyant raconteur, isn’t he?

With an arsenal of anecdotes, told with panache,

glorified in the telling, yet the parable is still

perhaps just a contaminated, transitory memory.

 

It must take considerable acumen to recount

such epic tales, parables of zeitgeist, with such élan.

The lacuna between reality and remembrance,

(which gapes before me as a chasm) camouflages chaos.

 

Within the shadows, the realm of the mystical,

time is temporary, imaginary, but

it waits for each man. In the interim: life,

and any manner of demise, a choice dessert.

 

His stories have a luminous sheen, from the polishing

of the dull allegory into a brilliant, radiant boast:

I have killed, and will kill again;

No glory to be had for you and I.

 

Death is a lying b*****d; always was.

Soulful or soulless -

at least Hedda Gabler tried to die beautifully.

Voici les temps des assassins.

Reviews

[Larry Dyson]

would love to see you reference the lacuna differently..as the first definition since you are so elequently writing about writing...

"The lacuna between reality and remembrance (gapes before me as a chasm.)"
also.."perhaps just a contaminated(transitory?) memory."
you are so accomplished ..would you please do me a favor and rewrite this...you have a natural winner here... IMHO..

[Black]

the french says enough
and th english is beautifully worded
well done

[Shep]

Great poem with big words with s much meaning. Loved it.

[Thea]

Excellent piece of writing...Like the last stanza... :)))

[EMF]

I loved it. What a terrific read. Wouldn't change a damn thing.

[Ruth]

As with all of your work love..this is a piece for me to mull over with a cuppa! :) I digest your words and imagery and this is so cleverly woven...superb piece!
xx

[Dark Beauty]

Great and wonderful write,interseting too, nice job

[joshua deathdealer]

Great write Jeremy. Interesting and well worded as usual.

[Teri B]

"These are the times..." eh? Food for thought here, and presented in an interesting way. I find myself attending to your use of words like "lacuna" and "allegory" with especial care.

[Ben Taylor]

Intense vocabulary here. I enjoyed the first stanza the most--as the poem proceeds, it becomes more and more abstract. Great write, though. :)